Chu Xia leaned against the peach tree, a lot of petals fell on his head, and said with a smile: "I remember that when you first arrived in the capital, your heart was full of ambition for the future, and you always spoke proudly at the party, which made people can't help but sigh that our dynasty is going to be a good official again." ”

"It's a pity that you were given a marriage. Which woman doesn't love the champion of talents, Princess Pingrui's vision is good, but it's a pity that the horse is not allowed to enter the court as an official. ”

He shook off the petals on his head and smiled: "This is different from my father, he is a princess who only married when he became a general, and he is not a civil official, so he is not affected by this." But you're different, and that's ruining your ambitions. ”

Xu Yiheng looked at him, a little chill in his heart, he even knew what happened before the palace test, and he had been paying attention to his own success?

"You don't have to worry too much, I have already told the emperor about this matter, and he made a decision to seal you as a foreigner. If you want to go further, please also ask Lord Wailang to serve the emperor and the country well. Chu Xia looked at his stiff face and smiled.

Does the emperor know that he is still an official?

Xu Yiheng asked suspiciously: "Why does the emperor still want to seal me as an official?" ”

Chu Xia raised his eyebrows and smiled evilly: "How can such a ruthless talent be abandoned." The emperor's country still has to rely on you to support it, don't let the emperor down, but don't treat Princess Pingrui badly. ”

"She doesn't want to marry you again now, but it doesn't seem good if you marry someone else like that. And you also swore in the Golden Palace that no matter whether the princess wants to marry you or not, you will take care of her for the rest of your life. Then you just keep it, presumably this identity is only good for you. ”

After Chu Xia finished speaking, he waved his hand and walked into the peach forest, "Lord Wailang, you don't need to send more, if you want to thank you, remember Emperor Xie and be a good official." ”

Xu Yiheng looked at the little county king who passed through the flower rain, clenched his fists, his heart was faintly excited, the emperor was finally going to reuse him!

When he was given the marriage, he was indeed very disappointed, although some Tanhua or champions, felt that marrying the princess would have glory and wealth, not only can he squeeze into half of the royal relatives, but also the beauty is not bad.

But his ambition is not to be a woman and this simple wealth, to be able to make a difference, to leave a mark between heaven and earth, is Xu Yiheng's wish. And those who were chosen as concubines were all good but had no practical ability, and it was not a pity for the emperor to look down on them and give up.

I thought there was no way but to be an idle horseman, but I didn't expect the emperor to finally discover his talent. This made Xu Yiheng very excited, and he couldn't help but want to shout.

But it's not easy to do this here, and Princess Pingrui is still lying there sad, how can she be so happy.

Xu Yiheng looked at Princess Pingrui, who was as fragile as a porcelain doll, and sighed softly, this is also a poor and delicate child, and there will be no more suffering in the future.

Thinking of this, he walked towards the peach grove cottage, entered the cottage and sat down next to Princess Pingrui in a daze, accompanied her to look at the peach blossoms in the courtyard, and said softly: "Princess, although the flowers have fallen, they will bear delicious fruits in the summer." Flowers are not the end of the tree, nor are the fruits, because there are still seeds, and they are always alive and well. ”

Princess Pingrui looked back at him blankly for a long time, slowly closed her eyes, and shed two tears.

Xu Yiheng stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, wiped away her tears, and said softly: "I have entered the court as an official, you are no longer alone, I am your relative." ”

Princess Pingrui opened her eyes and looked at the peach forest outside, and suddenly felt that the petals that were fluttering were not so poignant, and the fruits after the flowers fell seemed to be more worth looking forward to.

Zhuang Rou packed her bags, and was very grateful to her brother for not really ordering a suit of armor for her, and after going out happily, she was blocked by Yang Qing, one of the four guards of the little county king.

She grimaced, looked at the envelope handed to her, didn't want to follow at all, and asked with disgust, "What is this?" ”

"The little county king said that it was arranged for you, and it is said that it is very good, you can take advantage of it." Yang Qing grinned.

"I don't believe it, I haven't arrived at the yamen today, and if I want to take errands, I have to show up in the yamen first." Zhuang Rou said confidently, who knows what is in this envelope, so she doesn't want it.

Yang Qing shook his hand, and the envelope was thrown into her arms, and then he rushed to the roof, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving only his voice, "This doesn't matter to you, I have already handed over the letter to you, go and do it!" ”

Zhuang Rou watched him disappear on the roof with light skills with envy, pursed his lips and snorted, then opened the envelope with a frown. There were two pieces of paper in there, and there were words written on them, and I don't know what they were.

She took it out and looked at it, and immediately scolded: "What, I really want to go to the two mansions to collect cash!" ”

The envelope contained two receipts of 10,000 taels each, one for the Princess's Mansion and the other for the Xianwang Mansion. Now that something like this has just happened, and she has to run to ask for so much silver, Princess Pingrui is easy to say, and it will be difficult for the Xianwang Mansion.

After staring at the receipt for a long time, Zhuang Rou was very embarrassed, and finally decided to go to the Xianwang Mansion first. If they don't give the money, she will roll on the ground when she goes to the princess's mansion again, and she must get the money.

She put the receipt in her bosom and rode to the Xianwang Mansion first.

The Xianwang Mansion is still in the old place, and the sign is also hanging there, but there is a strange and deserted atmosphere. Although I didn't be very hospitable before, there are still some customers every day, and I am more popular. Where is it like now, it is still the same door, but it has already revealed a lot of grievances.

Zhuang Rou flattened her mouth, and reluctantly walked up and slapped the door.

After only a few shots, there was a sound of the door opening, and a voice was so excited that it seemed to cry, and floated out the moment the door opened, "Welcome, Your Excellency still wants to come to see King Xian at this time, it's really ......"

When he saw the person who patted the door, the porter immediately swallowed half of the words, and immediately scolded viciously: "Whoever asked you to come, you are not allowed to shoot the door of the palace, get out!" ”

"It was the little county king who asked me to ......" Before Zhuang Rou finished speaking, the door of King Xian's mansion was slammed shut, making her eat a closed door and almost hit her nose.

She had to slam on the door again and shouted: "It's not a way to hide, your family was injured before and saw the doctor, and it was the silver that my family paid in advance, and now he asked me to come over and get the money, please pay the silver." ”

There was no sound at all, and even the person who opened the door just now didn't make a sound, no matter what Zhuang Rou said outside, he just didn't care at all. I didn't dare to send the guards to drive her away, whether she could fight it once, and don't get into other trouble and hate it.

Zhuang Rou patted the door for a long time, but no one in the Xianwang Mansion paid attention to her, which made her unable to collect the money if she wanted to use some way, and people ignored it completely.

After thinking about it, she had to leave, and went to Princess Pingrui's mansion, this time fortunately, no one stopped her, but it was not Princess Pingrui who saw her, but Xu Yiheng.

Seeing that it was him, Zhuang Rou was no longer polite, and quickly took out the receipt and put it on the table, "Master Ma, pay the silver, I'll go back early to pay the errand." ”

Xu Yiheng picked up the receipt and glanced at it, when he said that he was present when he received 10,000 taels of silver per person, he naturally knew about it, and now he is the emperor's person, so this silver will naturally be given to the king of Xiaojun.

But he didn't have any silver, so he just pushed it in front of Zhuang Rou and said, "I will pay the silver, but now the princess and I don't have so much silver, so we can't give it to the little king." ”

"No, this is the princess's mansion, don't you even have this bit of silver?" Zhuang Rou raised her head in disbelief, looking at this exquisite princess's mansion, there are no ten thousand taels of silver that are usually used, and no one can afford to use them now!

Xu Yiheng said calmly: "The princess only eats 10,000 taels of silver a year, and raising such a big mansion is only enough for a weekday's life." And it has only been a few years since the independent mansion alone, and only a thousand taels of silver have been saved, and many of them have been lost by Qiu Niang. ”

"Where's Qiu Niang?" Zhuang Rou remembered the woman who was arranged here by the Xianwang Mansion and showed off her might.

"After the accident, I was picked up by King Xian's Mansion, and I asked Sister Zhuang to go back and talk to Xiaojun Wang, let us have a while." Xu Yiheng arched his hand and said.

Zhuang Rou stretched out his hand and grabbed the receipt on the table, then stood up, "No need, I'll go to King Xian's Mansion to ask for it, and they will get all this silver." ”

Xu Yiheng stood up and said: "Then trouble Sister Zhuang, the Xianwang Mansion is not easy to speak, but please don't talk about the princess again, the princess is not good in body and mood now, and she can't stand the stimulation." ”

Zhuang Rou, who had already walked outside the hall, suddenly stopped, looked back at Xu Yiheng, and said coldly: "Shouldn't it be you who makes Princess Pingrui the most stimulated?" ”

"What?" Xu Yiheng frowned.

Zhuang Rou turned to look at him and said seriously: "Although I don't have evidence, I think Princess Pingrui will let the personal maid ring kill people, a big reason is that she doesn't want to lose you." If you knew what Zhou Zhao did to her, maybe you would leave her. ”

Although the emperor's order cannot be violated, she can't stand it even more if she is forced to keep a man who doesn't want to see her. And the best way to hide this is to kill them all. ”

She stared at Xu Yiheng's eyes and said, "Maybe you have known about this for a long time, so you have used her love for you to always get close to people related to these things, which makes the princess feel panicked all day long." ”

"So I started to kill people, so I just fell into your hands, and today's result is also what you want to see."

Xu Yiheng couldn't help laughing, "Then Sister Zhuang, tell me, why did I do this?" ”

Zhuang Rou also smiled, "I guess because you don't want to be a colt, you want to be an official." But the emperor's order cannot be violated, and the only thing that can make this thing disappear is either the princess's death, or she is so guilty that she doesn't want to marry you. Now that something like this happens, the emperor will feel that it is a little unfair to you, and the princess is unwilling to marry you, so she will naturally give you an official position. ”

"The green marriage and the red marriage confessed and committed suicide, and you also taught it, the best opportunity is in the carriage. At that time, I was at the gate of King Xian's mansion, and you had time to convince the green marriage. As long as she pushes all the sins on her body in front of the little prince or the emperor, and then commits suicide, the red marriage will naturally be affected by this and follow. ”

"In Sister Zhuang'er's eyes, Xu is such a despicable and shameless person?" Knowing that she had no evidence, Xu Yiheng looked at her and asked.

After taking a deep look at him, Zhuang Rou threw down her words and turned to leave, "I don't know how much weight this matter has in your heart, but if someone doesn't let me live, or hurts my relatives, I will do more than you." ”

Xu Yiheng stood in the room, watched her stride away from her back, and said with a smile: "How important?" Nature is the same as you care about. ”